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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
173 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
127 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
84 days
80 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
106 days
105 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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127 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
173 days
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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72 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
52 days
69 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
46 days
76 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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108 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
160 days
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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35 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
January 1 - March 31 2019
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
May 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
57 days
47 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
27 days
103 days
Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
39 days
94 days
Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
52 days
93 days
Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
111 days
56 days
Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
119 days
69 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
105 days
148 days
Philip Pink
Truro
112 days
159 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
115 days
159 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
173 days
114 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
437 days
182 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
321 days
344 days
Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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136 days
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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426 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
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Louai Jony
Truro
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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144 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
16 days
39 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
36 days
22 days
Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
25 days
49 days
Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
51 days
44 days
Cheryl Pugh
Bridgewater
84 days
35 days
Philip Pink
Truro
44 days
77 days
Natheniel Abutu
Yarmouth
46 days
78 days
Erin MacLellan
Sydney
84 days
66 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
85 days
99 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
150 days
72 days
Gregory Tynski
Kentville
199 days
106 days
Michael W Rudd
Kentville
150 days
217 days
Barbara M Parish
Halifax
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Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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76 days
Dawn C Edgar
Antigonish
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364 days
Farrell Nette
Kentville
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Helen Sandland
Amherst
---
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Louai Jony
Truro
---
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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94 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
April 1 2018 - March 31 2019
Next Update: 
May 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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